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• More Than a Title: 200 IM Celebrates Family at Virginia State Meet

  25-02-2019 23:42 via swimswam.com
  By SwimSwam Contributors on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: Andrew Gyenis
  The boy’s 200 IM at the Virginia 6A state championships on Friday night wasn’t the fastest event at the meet. It didn’t get the packed crowd at the Jim McKay Natatorium on George Mason University’s campus on its feet like it was for Anthony Grimm’s 19.67 50 free win or Torri Huske’s 51.29 national high school record in the girls’ 100 butterfly. But when I left the pool deck last night as the Oa
  
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• MIT Men Win 11th-Straight NEWMAC Title; Women Take 9th-in-a-Row

  25-02-2019 23:23 via swimswam.com
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  NEW ENGLAND WOMEN’S AND MEN’S ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (NEWMAC) – MEN AND WOMENDates: Thursday, February 21-Sunday, February 24, 2019
  Location/Host: Sports & Recreation Center, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  Defending Champion: MIT men; MIT women (results)
  Live Results: Available here
  Championship CentralThe MIT men won their 11th straight and the MIT women won their 9th straight NEWMAC Conference Championship meet on Sunday night in Worcester,
  
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• Anthony Nesty Breaks Down 1st SEC Title As Florida Head Coach (Video)

  25-02-2019 23:00 via swimswam.com
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
  2019 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPSTuesday, February 19 – Saturday, February 23
  Gabrielsen Natatorium, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (Eastern Time Zone)
  Defending Champion: Texas A&M Women (3x), Florida men (6x)(results)
  Live results
  Live Video – SEC Network
  Championship Central
  FINAL TEAM SCORES (MEN)
  1. University of Florida1233
  2. Missouri 11373. Tennessee, University of, Knox917
  4. Texas A&M Universi
  
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• Centennial Conference: Ursinus Women Six-Peat, Swarthmore Men Upset

  25-02-2019 22:33 via swimswam.com
  By Eamonn Keenan on SwimSwam
  2019 Centennial Conference ChampionshipsFebruary 21st-24th, 2019
  Gettysburg College, PA
  Short Course Yards, Prelims-Finals
  Live ResultsThe Centennial Conference Championships is a NCAA Division III conference solely composed of schools from Pennsylvania and Maryland. On the women’s side, the Ursinus bears headed into this year’s meet on a five year win streak, while Gettysburg come in as the defending champions on the men’s side.
  Of note, the confer
  
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• UNC’s Emma Cole Ponders Why She’s A “Social Media Sweetheart” (Video)

  25-02-2019 22:01 via swimswam.com
  By Reid Carlson on SwimSwam
  2019 ACC WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPSWednesday-Sauturday, February 20-23rd
  Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC (Eastern Time Zone)
  Defending Champion: Virginia (1x)
  2019 Champion: NC State
  Psych sheets
  Entry List
  SwimSwam Fan Guide
  Live Results
  Live Video: Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  Championship CentralUniversity of North Carolina sophomore Emma Cole received a shout-out from the ACC Network during Friday’s broadcast of the 201
  
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• Missy Franklin Named Youngest-Ever Member of Laureus Academy

  25-02-2019 21:33 via swimswam.com
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  American swimmer Missy Franklin is one of three new members of the Laureus World Sports Academy that were announced in Monaco this week. Franklin becomes the 67th member of the academy, along with golfer Lorena Ochoa (66th) and Luciana Aymar (68th). Franklin is the organization’s youngest-ever ambassador.
  The trio was presented at last week’s Awards Ceremony. In addition to ambassadorship duties for spreading Laureus’ message of breaki
  
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• Michigan Freshmen Drop Big Lifetime Bests at First Chance Meet

  25-02-2019 21:17 via swimswam.com
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  Michigan First Chance MeetFebruary 23rd-24th, 2019
  Canham Natatorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  Meet ResultsA pair of best times and near-miss NCAA Championship qualifiers from Michigan freshman Mason Hunter highlighted the Michigan First Chance meet over the weekend.
  Hunter swam a 52.77 in the 100 breaststroke and 1:55.19 in the 200 breaststroke at the meet. Neither time would have been invited last year, and Andrew Mering estimates that qualifying in both events
  
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• 2019 B1G Men’s Championships Fan Guide: Go Blue? IU? It’ll Be Close

  25-02-2019 20:32 via swimswam.com
  By Karl Ortegon on SwimSwam
  2019 B1G MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPSWhen: Wednesday, February 27th to Saturday, March 2nd | Prelims 11am | Finals 6:30pm
  Where: University of Iowa (Central Time Zone)
  Defending Champion: Indiana Hoosiers x2 (results)
  Live Results (TBA)
  Streaming: TBA
  Championship Central: hereThings were very tight last year between conference powerhouses and rivals, Michigan and Indiana. It was the Hoosiers who stuck it out to the end, amassing 1,658 points, ju
  
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• Erika Brown, Robert Howard Named 2019 SEC Swimmers of the Meet

  25-02-2019 20:29 via swimswam.com
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  2019 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPSTuesday, February 19 – Saturday, February 23
  Gabrielsen Natatorium, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (Eastern Time Zone)
  Defending Champion: Texas A&M Women (3x), Florida men (6x)(results)
  Championship Central
  Complete Results (PDF)While neither athlete came away with a team championship, Erika Brown of Tennessee and Robert Howard of Alabama were named the Swimmers of the Me
  
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• 4 Overtime Matches, 5 Top 25 Upsets Lead Water Polo Week 5 Results

  25-02-2019 20:23 via swimswam.com
  By Wendy Mayer on SwimSwam
  With 89 matches across the country, including 15 between Top 15 teams, collegiate women’s water polo action was full throttle on Week 5.
  The 32-match Barbara Kalbus Invitational in Irvine, California, delivered five upsets as ranked teams battled in each contest. #1 USC edged out #2 Stanford 10-8 in the championship match, while #4 Cal squeaked past #3 UCLA 7-6 in overtime for third place. Kitty Lynn Joustra gave the Bears the go-ahead goal in the second overtime
  
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• Why the SEC Championships are a Must See Event (Video Feature)

  25-02-2019 20:03 via swimswam.com
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
  The sights. The sounds. The celebrations. I, like many other swim fans, have spent hours in front of my computer refreshing live results (or refreshing SwimSwam) to get the latest updates on every big meet around the country. But, there are some things you don’t get from seeing just the splits on a screen. Ask anyone, and they’ll say that the SEC championships are unlike any other meet. What makes it a must see event?Coaches and athletes agree that the S
  
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• 2019 Pac-12 Women’s Champs Fan Guide: New-Look Stanford Leads the Way

  25-02-2019 19:32 via swimswam.com
  By Karl Ortegon on SwimSwam
  2019 PAC-12 WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPSWednesday, February 27 – Saturday, March 2
  Federal Way, WA (Pacific Time Zone)
  Defending Champion: Stanford (2x) (results)
  Live results TBD
  Live Video TBD
  Championship Central
  Psych SheetsAfter two consecutive PAC-12 titles, the Stanford women are poised for another, but with a vastly different squad than we’re used to. Gone are Katie Ledecky and Simone Manuel, as well as program icons&
  
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• Carmel Boys Win 5th Straight Indiana State Title

  25-02-2019 19:15 via swimswam.com
  By Jared Anderson on SwimSwam
  Led by a relay sweep and seven total event wins, the Carmel High School boys won their fifth consecutive Indiana boys high school state title in swimming & diving.Full results
  Full team scoresCarmel swept the first three events of the meet to power a team victory. First, it was Wyatt Davis, Ryan Malicki, Griffin Hadley and Alec DeLong going 1:29.21 in the 200 medley relay. That was powered by a 21.48 back split from the junior Davis, but also
  
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• Kelsi Worrell Swims Season-Best in 50 Free at Copa Heller

  25-02-2019 19:10 via swimswam.com
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  2nd Copa Heller InternacionalFebruary 22-24, 2019
  LCM (50m)
  Santiago de Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico
  Results on Meet Mobile: “2? COPA HELLER INTERNACIONNAL 2019”The 2nd edition of the Copa Heller Internacional in Mexico once again attracted big international names to square off against some of the best local Mexican swimmers in Queretaro.
  The headliners of this year’s meet are Brazilian World Record holder Cesar Cielo (in the meet that confirms
  
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• Il Potere Della Musica Sul Cervello E L’Importanza della Tua Playlist

  25-02-2019 18:47 via swimswam.com
  By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam
  Vi anticipo che questo articolo è nato sulla scia dell’ascolto di “Bohemian Rhapsody”.
  Non rispondo dunque di vari ed eventuali sentimentalismi, eufemismi e malsano utilizzo dei superlativi.
  Detto questo, ho voluto documentarmi su ciò che succede alle nostre sinapsi quando dalle cuffiette incastrate nell’orecchio vengono travolte stile tsunami da una canzone. Non una canzone qualunque, ma la tua.
  Quella che ti fa venire i brividi
  
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• 2019 Men’s Big 12 Championships Fan Guide: Texas Back to Full Health

  25-02-2019 18:32 via swimswam.com
  By Spencer Penland on SwimSwam
  2019 MEN’S BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPSWednesday, February 27th – Saturday, March 2nd
  Texas Swimming Center, Austin, TX (Central Time Zone)
  Defending Champion: Texas men (22x) & Texas women (6x) (results)
  Live results (coming sooon)
  Live Video
  Championship Central
  Big 12 Women’s Record Book
  Big 12 Men’s Record Book
  Psych SheetWhile a small conference, the Big 12 men’s championship is always an exciting look into what the Texas Longhorns wi
  
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• Hagino Halts Training Camp In Spain To Regroup For Japanese C’ships

  25-02-2019 18:17 via swimswam.com
  By Loretta Race on SwimSwam
  While Japanese superstars Daiya Seto and Yui Ohashi were putting on a show in the 400m IM event at the Konami Open earlier this month, fellow Olympian Kosuke Hagino bowed out of most of the meet. After registering a time of 4:23.66 for 7th seed in prelims of the 400m IM, Hagino opted out of the final and wound up scratching the remainder of the Chiba Prefecture-hosted meet.
  After his underwhelming performance, Hagino went to the hospital where bloo
  
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• Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Do it for the Insta

  25-02-2019 18:11 via swimswam.com
  By Torrey Hart on SwimSwam
  We’re back with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse. From Oscars fashion to conference meet #feels, scroll to see what made the cut!
  Featured Instagram Post of the Week:View this post on InstagramWelcome to the arena family Stanford Swimming & Diving. We are thrilled to have you with us! Learn more at the link in our bio. #GoStanford #arenawaterinstinct
  A post shared byarenausa (@arenausa)
  
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• Emma Muzzy: “Didn’t Think About Times At All” Before 200 Back (Video)

  25-02-2019 16:38 via swimswam.com
  By Reid Carlson on SwimSwam
  2019 ACC WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPSWednesday-Sauturday, February 20-23rd
  Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC (Eastern Time Zone)
  Defending Champion (2018): Virginia (1x)
  2019 Champion: NC State
  Psych sheets
  Entry List
  SwimSwam Fan Guide
  Live Results
  Live Video: Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  Championship Central
  Reported by Robert Gibbs.
  200 BACK FINALSEmma Muzzy (NC State) – 1:51.66
  Megan Moroney (UVA) – 1:51.98
  
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• 1333 New Swim Jobs You Might Love

  25-02-2019 16:00 via swimswam.com
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
  If you don’t like the career you’re in, you might want to work in the swimming community and be a part of our big swimming family! Go here to see 2023 Swim Jobs.
  ASSISTANT MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING COACH (2 POSITIONS)
  Bachelor’s degree; minimum one year of four-year collegiate swimming coach experience; demonstrated experience in planning and preparation for meets and practices, on deck coaching, and dry land training; effective commun
  
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• Practice + Pancakes: Power + Partner Pulls with Nashville Aquatic Club

  25-02-2019 13:00 via swimswam.com
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
  SwimSwam wants to give you an inside look at what a normal day-in-the-life looks like for any given swimmer, and how that differs from team to team or city to city. We send our head of production, Coleman Hodges, to be a fly on the wall at practice, then relay what he discovered back to you over pancakes. Or at least breakfast.Even though the Southeast Pancakes tour is over… we’re in denial. So we’re keeping the party going! On the way to the Knox
  
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• Ci Devi Credere. Fa’ Del Nuoto Un Atto Di Fede.

  25-02-2019 10:56 via swimswam.com
  By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam
  Parlare di atto di fede forse è impressionante.
  Riflettici. Credi in ciò che fai?
  Quando non si ha piena fiducia si finisce per nuotare come un sacco di patate.
  Perché devo credere?
  Se non credete nella vostra formazione, i set, il lavoro, e voi stessi, non darete mai il vostro massimo impegno.
  Potrete essere zelanti, ma non sarete mai il vostro meglio.
  Quando non si crede in ciò che si fa alla fine si crea un corto circuito.
  Se si crede ve
  
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• Alexander Popov: Il Potere Di Allenare Il Modo In Cui Vuoi Gareggiare

  25-02-2019 09:35 via swimswam.com
  By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam
  Nella notte della finale dei Mondiali di Barcellona del 2003, ​​Alexander Popov salì sui blocchi per quella che sarebbe stata la sua ultima vittoria.
  Il 31enne velocista russo aveva già fatto tutto in questo sport:medaglia d’oro alle Olimpiadi del 1992 e 1996 nei 50 e 100 metri stile libero
  Record del mondo in entrambe le gare
  Dominato la velocità per oltre un decennioPopov si tuffò il 26 luglio 2003, esplodendo in su
  
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• 2019 MIAA Champs: Albion Men and Hope Women Win Thrilling Meet

  25-02-2019 05:37 via swimswam.com
  By Nick Pecoraro on SwimSwam
  2019 MIAA Swimming & Diving ChampionshipsFebruary 20th-23rd, 2019
  Holland, MI
  Championship Central
  Full ResultsThe 2019 Michigan Intercollegiate (MIAA) Championships, held in Holland, MI, was one of the most thrilling meets in the conference’s history. In a final day catch-up effort, the men of Albion and the women of Hope defeated rival Calvin.
  The Hope women have won their first title since 2004, head coach John Patnott‘s 22nd and final MI
  
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• WATCH: Carson Foster Break National High School Record in 200 Free

  25-02-2019 04:47 via swimswam.com
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  2019 OHSAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPSFebruary 20th-23rd
  C.T. Branin Natatorium, Canton, OH
  Short Course Yards
  Live Results
  Complete Ohio D1 recapSycamore High School junior Carson Foster broke the National High School Record in the 200 yard freestyle on Saturday, swimming a 1:32.99. That took exactly .10 seconds off Trey Freeman’s public school (and unofficial overall high school) record in the event, as well as moving Foster to 3rd place all-time in the 17-18 nat
  
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• NCAA Division I Relay Qualifying Status As of 2/24/2019

  25-02-2019 04:08 via swimswam.com
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  With the first week of the Power 5 NCAA conference championship meets in the books, we paused to take a look at where the NCAA stands in terms of relay qualifying for nationals.
  While relays, mostly because there aren’t that many teams and everyone gets them, don’t have a huge impact at conference championship meets, at nationals they are the driving force for most top 10 teams’ scoring.
  There are still many meets to come, especially on the men&rsquo
  
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• 2019 GLIAC Championships: Grand Valley State Sweeps

  25-02-2019 03:06 via swimswam.com
  By Nick Pecoraro on SwimSwam
  2019 GLIAC Swimming & Diving ChampionshipsFebruary 20th-23rd, 2019
  Cleveland, OH
  Meet Site
  Full ResultsThe Grand Valley State Lakers (GVSU) swept the men’s and women’s titles at the 2019 GLIAC Championships. This is the 5th-consecutive win for the Laker men and the 3rd win in 10 years for the Laker women.
  The Laker women maintained a slight edge over Wayne State throughout the course of the 4-day meet. Meanwhile, the Laker men had been edged by Northe
  
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• Ella Eastin Will Swim 500 Free at 2019 Pac-12s (PSYCH SHEETS)

  25-02-2019 02:29 via swimswam.com
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  2019 Pac-12 – Women’s Swimming & Diving, Men’s DivingWednesday, February 27 – Saturday, March 2
  Federal Way, WA (Pacific Time Zone)
  Defending Champion: Stanford (2x) (results)
  Live results (Coming soon)
  Live Video (Coming soon)
  Championship CentralThe 2019 Pac-12 Championships begin on Wednesday in Federal Way, Washington, and the two-time defending Pac-12 (and NCAA) Champions from Stanford will be heavily favored to win yet again. Accordin
  
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• Mallory Comerford on Final ACCs and Future After NCAAs (Video)

  25-02-2019 01:25 via swimswam.com
  By Reid Carlson on SwimSwam
  2019 ACC WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPSWednesday-Sauturday, February 20-23rd
  Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC (Eastern Time Zone)
  Defending Champion: Virginia (1x)
  Psych sheets
  Entry List
  SwimSwam Fan Guide
  Live Results
  Live Video: Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  Championship Central
  Louisville senior and multi-time NCAA and USA Swimming national champion Mallory Comerford electrified fans with her performances at the 2019 ACC Women&rsqu
  
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• Joey Reilman Talks Tennessee Turnaround After Early Struggles (Video)

  25-02-2019 01:00 via swimswam.com
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
  2019 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPSTuesday, February 19 – Saturday, February 23
  Gabrielsen Natatorium, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (Eastern Time Zone)
  Defending Champion: Texas A&M Women (3x), Florida men (6x)(results)
  Live results
  Live Video – SEC Network
  Championship Central
  Reported by Lauren Neidigh.
  MEN’S 200 BACK:GOLD: Joey Reilman, Tennessee, 1:38.97
  SILVER: Shaine Casas, Texas A&
  
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• Denver Men, Women Win 6th Consecutive Summit League Championships

  25-02-2019 00:57 via swimswam.com
  By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam
  2019 Summit League – Men & WomenWednesday, February 20 – Saturday, February 23
  Midco Aquatic Center, Sioux Falls, SD (Central Time Zone)
  Defending Champion: Denver women (5x) & Denver men (5x) (results)
  Final results
  Championship CentralDay Four
  For the sixth consecutive year the University of Denver Pioneers stood atop the podium of the Summit League Swimming and Diving Championships. The men won with 1074.5 team points while the women set a new
  
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